First thing, the screen is amazing, but we all knew that, this is just about the 4G LTE, which in my area was ok, but not as fast as the phones. I was only getting about 4-5 MB down in all my speed tests. I did however find that the hotspot feature lived up to it’s hype, and could use it flawlessly for hours on end.
I don’t know if it was my area, or if the rumors that Verizon is throttling the iPad data stream, but even though I could use the hotspot feature with my Mac and iPhone connected to the iPad, the speed was still not as fast as say the Galaxy Nexus, which constantly got 20 MB download connections.
That being said, since I work in a tech industry, and rely on an always on connection to remotely connect to clients and do meetings and such, having an iPad with a cellular connection was very nice, the not so nice thing is the pricing and the data caps, I was given a tester iPad with no cap, but in two days, I’d already used more than 3 GB of data.
The 2 GB plan would be fine for most people, and granted Verizon does have a better 4G network, but you can get 3 GB for the same price from AT&T, and when they get 4G in all areas, you’ll still have the 3 GB. I am not endorsing one over the other, but I truly believe the carriers should have the same limits, or just get rid of the iPad data caps, and bring back the unlimited, which I know will never happen.
Anyway, the Verizon one ran fine on their network, data was always available when I needed it, which is a good thing.
I highly recommend if you haven’t gotten an iPad yet, this is the one to get.
